My guest today is Ann Medlock, founder of the Giraffe Heroes Project. Welcome back to OpEdNews, Ann. What impelled you to write your recent piece, "The Mayor & Occupy Wall Street?"

Seeing with my own eyes that the reality and the coverage didn't match up. There was all...

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My guest today is Cassie Green, owner and head stockgirl of Green Grocer Chicago. Welcome to OpEdNews, Cassie. Please tell us a little about your business.

Thanks Joan! Our business, Green Grocer Chicago, is an...

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Joan Brunwasser: My guest today is activist and filmmaker, John Wellington Ennis. Welcome to OpEdNews, John. In your career, you've produced and directed numerous reality shows and music documentaries. At some point, you became an activist and started utilizing your film...

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My guest today is Bert Mount of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston. Welcome to OpEdNews, Bert. Your church has been involved in an ongoing project that helps Third World through crafts. Would you care to tell our readers about...

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Background: For first-time readers, Gary White was a county commissioner in Jefferson County, Ala. Good friends with Les Siegelman, he introduced Les's brother, [former] Alabama Governor Don Siegelman to Richard Scrushy, a local Republican businessman. Because of this, White became inextricably intertwined with...

My guest today is John Wesley, CEO of Universal Lubricants. Welcome to OpEdNews, John. You're in the motor oil business, but with a difference. Can you tell our readers a little about your company?

Universal Lubricants was founded in 1929, the time of the internal combustion engine. But for the...

My guest today is Harvey Wasserman, author of Solartopia! Our Green Powered Earth and long-time anti-nuclear activist. Welcome back to OpEdNews, Harvey. You've been at this for a long, long time. What's new in the No Nukes movement? Please catch us up.

This weekend, we're reviving Musicians United for Safe...

My guest today is award-winning children's author, Blue Balliett. Welcome to OpEdNews, Blue. Your first books focus on the adventures of three University of Chicago Lab School sixth-graders. Your latest, "The Danger Box," leaves that milieu behind for a history-driven mystery set in a small town in Michigan. How did...

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My guest today is Dori Conn. Welcome to OpEdNews, Dori. Your business card describes what you do as "therapeutic massage." What does that mean exactly?

I'm going to take your question on a couple of levels, one being, "Is there a distinction...

My guest today is Valerie Kyriakopoulos, of the award-winning Skokie Public Library. Welcome to OpEdNews, Val. How long have you been a librarian?

Technically, I'm not a librarian at the moment. I'm a circulation clerk here at Skokie Library and I've been here for a little over two years....

My guest today is Richard McGinnis, publisher and CEO of Mindful Metropolis. Welcome back to OpEdNews, Richard. I heard through the grapevine that you're a beekeeper. That's exciting. How did you get interested in the first place?

Hi, Joan! Thanks for the invitation. I have to tell you:...

My guest today is Dick Lemon, organizer of the "Not Since Moses" Race that takes place every summer in Nova Scotia. Welcome to OpEdNews, Dick. Your event is extraordinary but I don't want the readers to just take my word for it. Can you tell us about it, please?

My guest today is Kelly Donoughe. I met her at the world finals of Odyssey of the Mind which took place in late May. Welcome to OpEdNews, Kelly. What is Odyssey of the Mind and what brought you to College Park for the competition?

Odyssey of the Mind is...

My guest today is Daniel Steinberg, Community Brand Builder at Equal Exchange. Welcome to OpEdNews, Daniel. Can you tell our readers a bit about Equal Exchange?

Equal Exchange is a successful worker-owned fair trade food company. For 25 years, we have worked to change the food system. We import and...

My guest today is progressive activist, Rania Khalek. Welcome to OpEdNews, Rania. You recently wrote 5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad. Sadly, there's nothing new about corporations and government being joined at the hip. So, why did you write this...

Joan Brunwasser: My guest today is India Mussell-McKay. Welcome to OpEdNews. I understand you have something different planned for your upcoming vacation. Can you tell us something about it?

India Mussell-McKay: Hey, Joan! Yes, actually this year's family vacation is going to be quite different than years past. We are...

My guest today is Steve Sherman, Chief Operating Officer of GreenChoice Bank in Cicero, Illinois. Welcome to OpEdNews, Steve. There's been a lot of greenwashing lately - businesses making money by jumping on the green bandwagon. But that doesn't seem to be the case with GreenChoice Bank. Can you tell...

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My guest today is John Boswell, a musician whose music video series, Symphony of Science, has garnered tremendous attention. Welcome to OpEdNews, John. Please tell us about this project and how you came to combine two different mediums to great effect.